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USGA announces retirement of state
team championships
The following article was published by the
USGA Communications Department.
The Club at Las Campanas, in Santa Fe, N.M., will
host the final Women’s State Team in September
The United States Golf Association (USGA)
today announced the retirement of the Men’s State
Team Championship and Women’s State Team
Championship, following the completion of the 2017
competitions calendar.
“The USGA continually evaluates its championships
and the way in which they are conducted,” said
Stuart Francis, USGA Championship Committee
chairman. “The decision to discontinue the State
Team Championships follows a thorough review and
analysis, including consultation with representatives
from state and regional golf associations.”
The USGA State Team Championships were
first conducted in 1995 as part of the Association’s
centennial celebration and were originally intended to
be one-time only events. The championships, in which
each state was represented by non-collegiate, amateur
golfers, helped cap the USGA’s year-long festivities.
State and regional golf associations sent three-
player male and female teams to compete in a stroke-
play format similar to the World Amateur Team
Championship, in which the best two scores of each
state’s three competitors counted on each of the
three days of competition. Due to its initial success,
the championship continued on a biennial basis and
eventually all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia competed.
Pelican Point’s St. Patrick’s Day Par 3 results
Final results for the Pelican Point’s St. Patrick’s Day
Par 3 event are as follows:
First Flights: Kevin Harrison and Miles Holley, first
place; Jay Leblanc and Michael McDonald, second
place; Pat Lambert and Daryl Trosclair, third place;
Rusty Tucker and Steve Burt, first place net; Brad
Landry and Guy Schexnaydre, second place net; Dan
Patrizi and Skipper McInnis, third place net.
Second Flight: Debbie Stevens and Mark Stevens,
first place; Joe Harrison and Kenny Leblanc, second
place; Keith Harrison and Brian Harrison, third place;
Richard Oubre and Ronnie Chaupetta, first place net;
Gordon Stephen and Ken Cook, second place net; Mike
Gill and Frankie Schmitt, third place.
Pelican Point’s St. Patrick’s Day Par 3 results
The Pelican Point SMGA Low Net Tournament on
March 17 results are as follows:
First Flight: John Cazes, first place; Randy Simon,
second place; Chandler King, third place.
Second Flight: Owen Parker, first place; Paul Davis,
second place; Michael King, third place.
Third Flight: Jim Heno, first place; Kenny Riley,
second place; Doug Rhodes, third place.
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